(StatePoint) About 20 years ago, chickens—long a staple of farms and homesteads—began showing up in urban and suburban yards. They enabled city dwellers to source homegrown food, provided a touch of nature amid the urban jungle, and have continued to rise in popularity ever since. According to the American Pet Products Association’s 2025 State of […]
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Seeing the Possibilities: Living with Low Vision
(Feature Impact) Millions of Americans are living with low vision, a visual impairment that can turn everyday moments – recognizing a friend’s face across the street, reading a recipe or checking a text message – into unexpected challenges. Low vision isn’t a natural part of getting older, though the conditions that cause it do become […]
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Save Time, Tackle Dinner with Two Quick, Convenient Recipes
Family Features If hectic weeknights leave you feeling like time is constantly slipping away, saving a few extra minutes in the kitchen can begin with alternative cooking methods and easy recipes without all the fuss. Rather than waiting for the oven to preheat, you can tackle family dinners by stir-frying and air-frying your way to […]
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2026 New Year Outlook: Three Ways to Win in Business when the Rules are Changing
StatePoint Unprecedented. That’s the consensus for the 2025 economy. Business leaders navigated supply chain challenges, geopolitical tensions, technology disruptions, economic uncertainty and government shutdown. It’s natural they look toward 2026 with concern. According to Wells Fargo Commercial Banking, having weathered 2025 affords an opportunity for decision-makers who prioritize resilience, innovation and talent development. Here are […]
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Making the Cut
While most gardeners find themselves with numerous flowering shrubs to enjoy outside, flowers that last in a vase without exploding their petals all over the carpet or drooping dramatically hours after being cut are a somewhat rarer breed. Though tricks abound to extend the life of flowers in a vase, the most important element in […]
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Inflammation and Emotions
When we stay silent, the body speaks up. Sometimes we feel heavy, tired or in pain. And often, neither tests, lab results, nor doctors can give us a clear answer. But what if that fire isn’t just physical, but also emotional? Inflammation is a natural response of the body — a way to defend itself […]
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Pruning Grassy Plants in Winter
The wispy strands and bold spikes of ornamental grasses provide both softness and drama in the landscape, yet they’re also the target of a lot of bad hairdos and garden don’ts. Though misunderstandings about how to prune ornamental grasses abound, pruning grasses is pretty simple. Just figure out which category they fall under, whether evergreen […]
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Stuff
Are you calling me a hoarder? I’m not a hoarder. Really, I’m not. Hoarders have winding pathways through a house piled high with 10-year-old unopened boxes of crap purchased off the shopping channels. My house isn’t like that! The books? Books don’t count. You can’t have too many books, even if you have to stack […]